Helios 500 mobile hotspot not working with latest drives - older drives solution?

Hi there

I'm new to the Predator club and just got a Helios 500. What a beauty!
My wireless card: Killer(R) Wireless-AC 1550i Wireless Network Adapter (9560NGW) - driver version: 20.30.1.2

I'm trying to start a mobile hotspot from my Predator but it's not working. I know from past hotspot experience that some wireless drivers don't support it and so I'd always have to downgrade that driver until it worked (Windows 8 drivers had to be installed on my previous laptop). I know that if you use CMD (administrater) and type netsh wlan show drivers and if Hosted Network shows "yes", then hotspots will work. If so, then type netsh wlan start hostednetwork and it starts the hotspot functionality.

Unfortunately mine says no so mobile hotspots aren't working

Does anyone know of working drivers for the Helios 500 that can host hotspots?

Many thanks.

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Uel_M

So what works on Windows 10 is its built-in Mobile Hotspot in Settings. Its not as great as other mobile hotspot software out there as far as functionality but it gets the job done.

So either use the Windows built-in option or downgrade the Wireless driver to a Windows 8 version.

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Red-Sand

Have you tried the drivers from Acer's website for your model?

Acer has a custom mobo so using all of Acer's driver (all of them) makes things run smoother.

Uel_M

Thanks for the reply

Yes I tried the latest driver from Acer for my model.

It seems that the latest (Windows 10) Killer drivers are the problem where Windows 8 drivers did allow Hosted Network. https://www.killernetworking.com/killersupport/driver-downloads/kb/faq/39-ad-hoc-hotspot-killer-network-adapter-windows-10

But their driver package download doesn't have a Windows 8 driver for my card Wireless-AC 1550

Any other suggestions? Appreciate your input.

Uel_M

So what works on Windows 10 is its built-in Mobile Hotspot in Settings. Its not as great as other mobile hotspot software out there as far as functionality but it gets the job done.

So either use the Windows built-in option or downgrade the Wireless driver to a Windows 8 version.

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